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SFI leader arrested over protest against Minister at Maharaja’s College in Keralam’s Kochi

3 November 2026

Maharaja's College, Ernakulam

The Ernakulam Central police on Tuesday arrested a Students Federation of India (SFI) leader in connection with the protest staged against Higher Education Minister Roji M. John during a convocation ceremony on Friday.

The arrested is Sidharth Sunil, 22, a member of the SFI Ernakulam area committee. He was let off on station bail.

A BCom student from Karunagappally in Kollam who had attended the convocation ceremony was reportedly taken into custody by the Karunagapally police.

The police had registered a case against around 40 identifiable student after they allegedly disrupted the convocation ceremony seeking answers from the Minister on the suspension of 16 students of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady.

The case was registered under the Kerala Prevention of Disturbances of Public Meetings Act and various Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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